Essay on Pavese's "Taccuino segreto", first published in "Yang", 30 (1994). Republished on the website of nY in November 2012.
Accompanied by a Dutch translation of the "Taccuino segreto" (Klein oorlogsdagboek)
http://ny-web.be/long-hard-looks/cesare-paveses-kleine-oorlog.html